Licensing Analyst Job Description
Licensing analyst
provides advise to solution team from perspective of software licensing to arrive at cost optimum software licensing while still in compliance of Software vendor terms and conditions.
Licensing Analyst Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
This individual interacts primarily with Staff to Director level employees within the function, and the technical team on assigned projects
General direction is provided on routine work, and detailed direction is provided on new projects and assignments
Work with local finance and accounting teams to review and assist in closing, budgeting and forecasting all wholly-owned international businesses and licensing businesses
Coordinate and participate in monthly expense reviews with operational business partners to ensure financial targets are being achieved and review overall brand performance by region and by partner
Ownership and accounting of licensing activities, including revenue recognition, deferral of unearned revenues and accrual of revenues earned by not billed
Assist in monthly financial close process, deliver accurate financial results including comprehensive analysis of key expense and balance sheet items
Provide business partners with ongoing financial insight into operational efficiencies
Help track key performance metrics for international businesses such as comparable sales, sales per square foot and store counts
Evaluate contracts related to new licensing opportunities for financial impact
Prepare and upload journal entries and complete account reconciliations with supporting documentation to help deliver accurate monthly financial results
Licensing Analyst Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Licensing Analyst
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, AMEX
Education for Licensing Analyst
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the licensing analyst job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Education, Business, Finance, Engineering, Accounting, Computer Science, Technical, Business/Administration, Technology, Associates
Skills for Licensing Analyst
Desired skills for licensing analyst include:
Adobe
Microsoft
Oracle
Software Asset Management principals / practices
Excel
Contracting related to software licensing
Emerging industry practices when solving business problems
How to research software licensing requirements
ITAR and EAR
Software licensing requirements
Desired experience for licensing analyst includes:
Ability to work in a project based environment
Track record of knowledge and interest in finding analytical insights
Curious mind is a plus
Candidate should possess a minimum of 0 to 3 years’ experience working in a position or positions involving the external audit process for a record label [or other entertainment company] that is a party to collective bargaining agreements
Identify and review expenses that meet the criteria for capitalization
Analysis of actual result variances to forecast, budget and prior year
Licensing Analyst Examples
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Licensing Analyst Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of licensing analyst. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for licensing analyst
- Manage and reconcile invoice bill-backs to internal and external business partners
- Work with corporate finance/accounting teams for month-end and quarter-end close reporting
- Develop and maintain monthly forecast and close packages for areas of responsibility
- Maintain licensing and compliance dashboards relating to background check and license tracking
- Manage the creation and distribution of a tracking report for license and background check renewals
- Manage processes for properly storing employee license information and documentation
- Process all background checks for renewals and transfers into XFINITY Home
- Collaborate with local Human Resources and Employee Relations Teams regarding background check results
- Work with cross-functional teams to capture requirements and necessary enhancements for Compliance dependent systems such as SAP and Gwynn
- Maintain licensing database playbook outlining the overall steps and requirements for tracking employee licenses
Qualifications for licensing analyst
- Independent contributor and excellent team player
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects and prioritize in a dynamic, fast paced environment
- Minimum 2 years of finance or related experience
- Consumer products / retail experience preferred
- Month end close experience preferred
- Works with internal stakeholders to understand the expected software business purposes and usage trends
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a licensing analyst. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for licensing analyst
- Maintain issue logs and work with third party vendor on resolution
- Perform CARCO training with Human Resource leaders in field on an annual basis
- Continuous assessment of existing processes and identify strategic opportunities
- Provide accounting assistance to the Licensing department
- Make recommendations to licensees regarding budgets and forecasts
- Meet with the department heads to review if there are any issues with their actual recorded expenses
- Prepare month-end journal entries and maintain associated account analysis for the licensing department
- Assist with our month-end and quarter end financial close process
- Review and code vendor invoices from AP
- Assist in preparation of bill back invoices to various business partners and other departments in the company
Qualifications for licensing analyst
- CPA designation or big four CPA firm experience preferred
- Knowledge of financial analysis, US GAAP
- Self-starter with ability to proactively identify issues and propose resolutions
- Ability to prioritize a high volume workload
- Strong attention to detail and results driven work ethic
- Prior high-volume purchasing experience for hardware and software
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a licensing analyst. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for licensing analyst
- Review artist contracts for various projects, including research of marketing restrictions (coupling, price line, synchronization, premium, greatest hits, etc), ownership rights, digital rights and name and likeness rights
- Research contractual rights and restrictions with respect to Sony Music audio and audio-visual assets, including updating DRA as necessary
- Research and provide clearance of Sony Music master recordings for use in Educational projects
- Set up vendor accounts and issue payments
- Summarize and scan artist contracts and enter contract summaries into company systems
- Special projects and initiatives based upon business needs
- Provide expertise and business analysis support to Product, Industry, and Partner Marketing, partnering with individuals from those teams to develop their business proposals
- Engage with technical marketing staff to analyze and synthesize business proposals so that those proposals employ the company’s existing models, or, enhance or evolve the models where necessary
- Manage customers’ contractual needs after a licensing agreement has been signed
- Verify licenses and appointments at different stages of a case
Qualifications for licensing analyst
- Experience working with SAP is preferred
- Experience using Hyperion & JD Edwards
- Experience in publicly traded company and retail wholesale is a plus
- Strong drive/desire for personal development
- 2+ years music licensing experience
- Self-starter who can work on projects with minimal direction
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a licensing analyst. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for licensing analyst
- Communicating with different insurance carrier to verify appointments
- Creating summaries for instances where agents did not meet carrier, state and/or broker dealer requirements for credentials
- Reviewing carrier illustrations for basic information and transmitting information (through email and internal systems)
- Provide assistance for internal and external clients with Licensing and Sales Wires questions in regards to state, carrier and/or broker dealer requirements and regulations
- Work with life insurance carriers and broker dealer to verify compensation for complex cases
- Maps out training plans, designs and develops training programs
- Must be able to market training opportunities to user and provide necessary information
- Must be able to design and prepare educational aids and materials
- Provide train-the-trainer sessions for supervisors and assigned instructors
- Track and create visual displays of training activities and prepare training reports
Qualifications for licensing analyst
- Willingness to work in an office located in Novi, MI
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Computer Science/MIS, or related field preferred
- 5+ years’ experience developing software pricing and licensing models
- Ability to provide licensing training, coaching, and mentoring to marketing staff and related internal stakeholders
- Ability to understand and gather business requirements and bridge them with systems specifications
- Ability to drive projects and track cross-functional dependencies
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of licensing analyst. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for licensing analyst
- Manage licensing administration functions including all levels of licensing management
- Monitor, manage and address our compliance with license agreements and any resulting disputes that may arise
- Consolidate, refine and drive the use of consistent proactive and optimal enterprise software licensing processes
- Serve as the licensing subject matter expert when terms are in dispute
- Analyzing and documenting business requirements and workflows
- Ensures that data is entered and documents are scanned into the licensure database within assigned timeframes and based on established criteria
- Identifies required state licensure for individual nurses and creates the corresponding records in licensure data base
- Mails Universal Applications to the clinical staff for review and approval
- Ensures that all licenses and CEU records are keyed in licensure database
- Ensures that individual state RN licensure applications are completed and mailed to the nurse for review and signature
Qualifications for licensing analyst
- Ability to drive meetings, note action items and track them to closure
- Ability to work at all levels of an organization
- Self-starter willing to demonstrate ownership over complex tasks and analyses
- Requires through knowledge of all aspects of the ITAR and the EAR, including commodity jurisdiction and classification
- Ability to adapt to process changes with a positive attitude
- Understands basic policy types in use in the industry and has had exposure to reading illustrations